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EP2581499B1
EP2581499B1 EP12182311.6A EP12182311A EP2581499B1 EP 2581499 B1 EP2581499 B1 EP 2581499B1 EP 12182311 A EP12182311 A EP 12182311A EP 2581499 B1 EP2581499 B1 EP 2581499B1
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    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D29/00—Independent underground or underwater structures; Retaining walls
    • E02D29/02—Retaining or protecting walls
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  • the present invention relates to a basket for inert material, consisting of wire mesh walls, of the type known as "gabion".
  • Metal baskets are known, in the field of the building works, intended for being filled with inert materials, such as rocks, stones, pebbles, and employed for realizing retaining walls and embankments.
  • Such baskets suitably placed side by side and stacked, allow to realize a uniform while flexible structure, able to fit with the ground pattern and to support possible ground failures without breaking, as it happens on the contrary to concrete or masonry walls and embankments.
  • a basket according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from DE 20112979 U1 .
  • the baskets for inert material are composed by several flat parts, denoted walls, consisting in a wire mesh and connected to form a container provided with an upper opening, for inserting inert material, and an inner volume occupied, in use, by the inert material itself.
  • the whole shape of the basket is a parallelepiped, realized by joining a squared or rectangular bottom wall with four vertical walls. Each vertical wall is connected below to a respective side of the bottom wall, laterally to the two adjoining vertical walls and is free on top, at the opening.
  • the walls composing the basket can be welded at the contacting sides, or spiral threadlike elements may be arranged to be alternately inserted in the mesh of two adjoining panels so that to tie and join them together.
  • the walls are connected one to another by the U-shaped, suitable folding of one or more of the ends of the horizontal or vertical metallic rods composing the mesh of each panel, such that the foldings "envelop" as a hook the first rod of the adjoining panel arranged orthogonally to the rods provided with a folding. This allows to connect the walls without soldering and without having complex connecting means.
  • the Applicant believes to be able to introduce connecting ways different from those shown in known prior art documents, to be employed for the realization of the connections between the side walls and the bottom wall or else between couples of adjoining walls.
  • the object of the present invention in its various aspects and/or embodiments, is to provide a basket for inert material characterized by a structure resistant to the stresses typically present during the use and provided with original connecting means between the walls.
  • the Applicant intends to provide a basket provided with connections between adjoining walls able to effectively bear the weight of the inert material contained therein or in overhanging baskets and suitable to every operative condition, such as filling, lifting or displacing steps, or in case of disruption of the supporting ground below the basket.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a basket with easy and/or cost effective realization.
  • one of the aspects of the present invention relates to a basket according to the claim 1.
  • a basket for inert material comprising a plurality of flat parts, or walls, in the shape of wire mesh composed by an intertwining of horizontal and vertical rods, said plurality of walls comprising a bottom wall and several vertical walls, each connected to the bottom wall at a respective lower edge and to the adjoining vertical walls at a respective side edge, so that to define a space inside the basket intended to be filled with inert material.
  • the vertical rods of at least two vertical, preferably not adjoining, walls end at the lower edge with a respective hooking portion comprising a first folding adapted to externally envelop the most outer horizontal rod of the edge of the bottom wall the wall is connected thereto, a straight portion beyond the first folding towards the rod end, and a second folding, closer to the rod end relatively to the first folding and in the same direction of the first folding, adapted to envelop externally a subsequent horizontal rod of the bottom wall, more internal from the edge relatively to said most outer horizontal rod and parallel thereto, so that said hooking portions adopt a J-shaped configuration structured for connecting the vertical wall to the bottom wall.
  • the horizontal rods of one or several vertical walls end with a hooking portion structured for connecting to the adjoining vertical wall.
  • a hooking portion comprises a folding, substantially of 180° and adapted to externally envelope the most outer vertical rod of the edge of the adjoining vertical wall, and a straight portion, beyond the first folding up to the rod end, substantially oriented in parallel to the horizontal rod, so that the hooking portion adopts a U-shaped (horizontal) configuration for connecting the vertical wall to the adjoining vertical wall.
  • the horizontal rods of one, or each, vertical wall end at both sides with a U-shaped hooking portion, so that to realize the connection with both the adjoining walls, one on each side.
  • the horizontal rods of at least one couple of adjoining vertical walls each one end, at the edge to be connected, with a respective U-shaped, or closed-eyelet, hooking portion and the basket comprises at last one pin able to be fitted vertically in every U-shaped, or closed eyelet, hooking portion of the rods of the couple of adjoining walls so that the hooking portions are all enveloped thereto, on different levels and alternately, that is with a vertical alternation of a hooking portion of a horizontal rod belonging to a wall and a hooking portion of a horizontal rod belonging to the other wall of the couple.
  • the Applicant believes that the combination of the afore said technical characteristics allows to obtain a basket able to keep, when filled with inert material, its whole shape during the lifting and handling steps and in use, and at the same time characterized by a simple, easy and cost effective to manufacture structure.
  • the Applicant verified that the J-shaped hooking portions, for the connection between the vertical walls and the bottom wall, being structured so that to envelop each one of two horizontal rods of the bottom wall, realize a wide and stable connection able to react to vertical stress determined by the inert material weight (which tends to deform the bottom wall downwards) sharing it among the connected walls). Also, the J-shape avoids accidental decoupling between the connected walls.
  • a monitoring and predicting apparatus is wholly indicated with reference number 1.
  • the same reference number is used for the same elements, possibly in their embodiment variations.
  • the basket 1, schematically represented in figure 1 filled with inert material 11 such as stone, rock or porphyry, comprises a plurality of flat parts, denoted walls, in the shape of wire mesh composed by an intertwining of horizontal 4 and vertical 5 rods.
  • a plurality of walls comprises a bottom wall 2 and several vertical walls 3, each one connected to the bottom wall at a respective lower edge 3a and to the adjoining vertical walls at a respective side edge 3b and 3c, so that to define a space inside the basket to be filled with inert material.
  • the basket is to be filled with consistent size inert material.
  • each wall can be composed by vertical rods and dual coupled horizontal rods (instead of single horizontal rods), for example by soldering, from opposite sides of the vertical rods.
  • the walls can be composed by horizontal rods and double vertical rods.
  • the bottom wall 2 is quadrangular
  • the basket comprises four vertical walls 3 (perpendicular to the bottom wall) and has an overall shape of a parallelepiped.
  • the horizontal 4 and vertical 5 rods of each wall are perpendicular one to another, so that to form a rectangular - shaped wire mesh 10, for example of dimensions 50 mm x 200 mm.
  • 'rod' a reinforcing bar, rod or staff is intended, with elongate shape and constant section (typically circular), having diameter typically from 1 mm to 20 mm, possibly with ribbed or indented surface.
  • the basket can be open on top or comprise an upper wall closing the space inside the basket.
  • the hooking portions adopt a J-shaped configuration connecting the vertical wall to the bottom wall.
  • the distance between the folding centers of the first 7 and the second 9 folding of each hooking portion, that is the length of the straight portion 8, is substantially equal to the distance between the most outer horizontal rod 2a and the subsequent rod 2b of the bottom wall.
  • the first folding is substantially of 90° and the second folding is greater than 90° and lower than 180°, by way of example equal to about 160° (as in figure 2 and 2a ).
  • the afore said subsequent rod 2b is the immediately more internal rod relatively to the afore said most outer horizontal rod 2a, that is to say it is the second horizontal rod from the edge.
  • the vertical rods of all the vertical walls end with a J-shaped hooking portion.
  • the vertical rods of the remaining vertical walls that is the walls not provided with a J-shaped hooking portion, end at the lower edge with a respective hooking portion 16 comprising a folding 17, substantially of 180° and adapted to externally envelop the most outer horizontal rod 2a of the edge of the bottom wall the vertical wall is connected thereto, and a straight portion 18, beyond the first folding up to the rod end, oriented substantially in parallel to the vertical rod itself.
  • the hooking portion 16 adopts a U-shaped (vertical) configuration to connect the vertical wall to the bottom wall.
  • the horizontal rods 4 of one or several vertical walls 3 end with a hooking portion 20 structured for the connection to the adjoining vertical wall.
  • a hooking portion 20 comprises a folding 21, substantially of 180° and adapted to externally envelop the most outer vertical rod 5a of the edge of the adjoining vertical wall, and a straight portion 22, beyond the first folding up to the rod end, oriented substantially in parallel to the horizontal rod 4.
  • the hooking portion 20 adopts a U-shaped (horizontal) configuration to connect the vertical wall to the adjoining vertical wall.
  • the horizontal rods of one, or each, vertical wall end at both sides with a U-shaped hooking portion, so that to realize the connection with both the adjoining walls, one on each side.
  • each one of the horizontal rods 4 of at least one couple of adjoining vertical walls 3 end, at the edge to be connected, with a respective U-shaped hooking portion 20 and the basket comprises at least one pin 30 (shown in figure 5 ) able to be vertically inserted in all the U-shaped hooking portions of the rods of the couple of adjoining walls so that all the hooking portions are enveloped to the pin.
  • the hooking portions are enveloped to the pin on different levels and alternately, that is with a vertical alternation of a hooking portion of a horizontal rod belonging to a wall and a hooking portion of a horizontal rod belonging the other wall of the couple.
  • the horizontal rods of at least one couple of adjoining vertical walls each one end, at the edge to be connected, with a respective closed-eyelet 28 hooking portion and the basket comprises at least one pin 30 able to be vertically inserted in all the closed-eyelets of the rods of the couple of adjoining walls so that the eyelets are all enveloped to the pin, on different levels and alternately, that is with a vertical alternation of an eyelet of a horizontal rod belonging to a wall and an eyelet of a horizontal rod belonging to the other wall of the couple.
  • every vertical wall of the basket are connected one another by pins 30 vertically inserted in U-shaped 20 or closed-eyelet 28 hooking portions of the vertical rods.
  • the basket comprises a number of pins 30 equal to the number of vertical edges for connecting between vertical walls, that is equal to the number of vertical walls.
  • the pin is a rod itself, comprising a stem 31 of the length of the side edge of the vertical walls and a pinhead 32 at the upper end, having a section larger than the stem section, adapted to come into abutment against the first hooking portion from the top when the pin is inserted into the hooking portions.
  • the closed eyelet 28 can be realized from a U-shaped hooking portion 20 by simply closing (for example with a solder) the straight portion 22 on the horizontal rod itself, in a point placed before the folding 21, or, in the case the wall is composed by dual horizontal rods, on the coupled horizontal rod 4. In this latter instance the two coupled horizontal rods will be adjoined, continuously, by the eyelet of their own hooking portion.
  • the basket 1 can comprise at least one lifting part 50 having the shape of arched rod provided, at its two ends, with two hooking portions 51 intended for being connected each one to a respective rod of the bottom wall, and with a median portion 52 to allow the basket grip and its lifting and carrying.
  • the median portion is positioned flush with, or slightly below, the upper opening of the basket.
  • the hooking portions 51 can be of the afore described J-shaped or U-shaped type. In figure 1 two lifting parts 50 are schematically shown.

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  1. Korb (1) für inertes Material, umfassend eine Vielzahl von drahtgitterförmigen Flachelementen oder Wänden (2, 3), die durch Verflechten von Horizontalstäben (4) und Vertikalstäben (5) gebildet werden, wobei die besagte Vielzahl von Wänden eine Bodenwand (2) und mehrere Vertikalwände (3) umfasst, die jeweils bei einer entsprechenden Unterkante (3a) mit der Bodenwand und bei einer entsprechenden Seitenkante (3b, 3c) mit den angrenzenden Vertikalwänden so verbunden sind, dass ein mit inertem Material (11) zu füllender Raum innerhalb des Korbes definiert wird, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder Vertikalstab der mindestens einen Vertikalwand bei der Unterkante (3a) mit jeweils einem Hakenabschnitt (6) endet, welcher umfasst eine erste Biegung (7), die den äußersten Horizontalstab (2a) der Bodenwandkante, mit welcher die Wand verbunden ist, außen umgibt, einen nach der ersten Biegung in Richtung auf das Stabende verlaufenden geraden Abschnitt (8), und eine zweite, gegenüber der ersten Biegung näher zum Stabende angeordnete und in derselben Richtung der ersten Biegung verlaufende Biegung (9), die einen nachfolgenden Horizontalstab (2b) der Bodenwand außen umgibt, welcher von der Kante aus gesehen gegenüber dem besagten äußersten Horizontalstab mehr im Inneren und parallel zu diesem angeordnet ist, so dass die besagten Hakenabschnitte eine J-förmige Ausgestaltung zur Verbindung der Vertikalwand mit der Bodenwand annehmen.
  2. Korb (1) nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Abstand zwischen den Biegungsmitten der ersten (7) und der zweiten (9) Biegung jedes Hakenabschnittes (6) im Wesentlichen gleich dem Abstand zwischen dem besagten äußersten Horizontalstab (2a) und dem besagten nachfolgenden Stab (2b) der Bodenwand ist.
  3. Korb (1) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei die erste Biegung (7) im Wesentlichen 90° beträgt und die zweite Biegung (9) größer 90° und kleiner 180° ist.
  4. Korb (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der oben genannte nachfolgende Stab (2b) der nächst innere Stab gegenüber dem besagten äußersten Horizontalstab (2a) bzw. der zweite Horizontalstab ausgehend von der Kante ist.
  5. Korb (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Vertikalstäbe (5) jeder Vertikalwand mit einem J-förmigen Hakenabschnitt (6) enden oder wobei die Vertikalstäbe der übrigen Vertikalwände bzw. der Wände, die keinen J-förmigen Hakenabschnitt aufweisen, bei der Unterkante mit einem entsprechenden Hakenabschnitt (16) enden, welcher umfasst eine Biegung (17) im Wesentlichen von 180°, die den äußersten Horizontalstab (2a) der Bodenwandkante, mit welcher die Vertikalwand verbunden ist, außen umgibt und einen geraden Abschnitt (18), der nach der ersten Biegung bis zum Stabende hin sich im Wesentlichen parallel ausgerichtet zum Vertikalstab erstreckt, sodass der Hakenabschnitt eine U-förmige Ausgestaltung zur Verbindung der Vertikalwand mit der Bodenwand annimmt.
  6. Korb (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Horizontalstäbe (4) von einer oder mehreren Vertikalwänden (3) mit einem Hakenabschnitt (20) enden, der zur Verbindung mit der benachbarten Vertikalwand strukturiert ist und welcher umfasst eine Biegung (21) im Wesentlichen von 180°, die den äußersten Vertikalstab der Kante der benachbarten Vertikalwand außen umgibt, und einen geraden Abschnitt (22), der nach der ersten Biegung bis zum Stabende hin sich im Wesentlichen parallel ausgerichtet zum Horizontalstab erstreckt, sodass der Hakenabschnitt eine U-förmige Ausgestaltung zur Verbindung der Vertikalwand mit der benachbarten Vertikalwand annimmt.
  7. Korb (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Horizontalstäbe (4) der einen oder jeder Vertikalwand (3) auf beiden Seiten mit einem U-förmigen Hakenabschnitt enden, um die Verbindung mit beiden benachbarten Wänden (3) - eine für jede Seite - herzustellen.
  8. Korb (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei jeder der Horizontalstäbe (4) des mindestens einen Paares von benachbarten Vertikalwänden (3) bei der zu verbindenden Kante mit einem entsprechenden U-förmigen Hakenabschnitt (20) endet und der Korb mindestens einen Stift (30) aufweiset, der in alle U-förmigen Hakenabschnitte der Stäbe des Paares von benachbarten Wänden vertikal einsteckbar ist, sodass alle Hakenabschnitte um den Stift auf verschiedenen Niveaus oder in Abwechslung umgelegt sind, d.h. mit einer vertikalen Abwechslung von einem Hakenabschnitt eines zu einer Wand des Paares gehörigen Horizontalstabes und einem Hakenabschnitt eines zur anderen Wand des Paares gehörigen Horizontalstabes.
  9. Korb (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei jeder der Horizontalstäbe (4) des mindestens einen Paares von benachbarten Vertikalwänden (3) bei der zu verbindenden Kante mit einem entsprechenden, in Form von einer geschlossenen Öse ausgeführten Hakenabschnitt (28) endet und der Korb mindestens einen Stift (30) aufweist, der in alle geschlossenen Ösen der Stäbe des Paares von benachbarten Wänden vertikal einsteckbar ist, sodass alle Ösen um den Stift auf verschiedenen Niveaus oder in Abwechslung umgelegt sind, d.h. mit einer vertikalen Abwechslung von einer Öse eines zu einer Wand des Paares gehörigen Horizontalstabes und einer Öse eines zur anderen Wand des Paares gehörigen Horizontalstabes.
  10. Korb (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, umfassend mindestens ein in Form eines gebogenen Stabcs ausgeführtes Hebeteil (50), das an seinen beiden Enden zwei Hakenabschnitte (51), die zur Anordnung im Raum innerhalb des Korbes vorgesehen und jeweils mit einem oder mehreren entsprechenden Stäben der Bodenwand verbunden sind, und einen Mittelabschnitt (52), der bündig mit der oberen Öffnung des Korbes oder leicht oberhalb dieser angeordnet ist und das Ergreifen des Korbes, sein Heben und seinen Transport erlaubt, wobei die Hakenabschnitte (51) des obengenannten J-förmigen Typs sind, aufweist.
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